CREWE, England As Bentley Motors enters the world of electrical autos, its CEO needs to ensure that any Bentley EV continues to be a Bentley. And that's going to take time.

The British ultraluxury model plans to introduce its first EV round 2025, years after the preliminary wave of EVs from its Volkswagen Group sibling manufacturers Audi, Porsche and VW, to not point out different mass-market and luxurious automakers.

However Bentley CEO Adrian Hallmark says that ultraluxury should nonetheless be the id of any Bentley EV. For starters, it means a battery vary of at the least 300 miles, he stated on the firm's headquarters right here this month.

That vary will likely be no small feat contemplating Bentleys have massive footprints and are full of plush and opulent supplies, all of which add vital weight. The corporate's Continental GT coupe with a W-12 engine has a gross weight of 5,985 kilos. The Bentley Flying Spur sedan weighs 6,614 kilos, and a Bentayga SUV with a W-12 checks in at 7,165 kilos.

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